Kampung Ayer Molek weather in May

In May, Kampung Ayer Molek sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 217 mm of rain across 26.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kampung Ayer Molek's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kampung Ayer Molek's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
217 mm
26.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:04 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
82%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Kampung Ayer Molek is human settlement in Malaysia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kampung Ayer Molek reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Kampung Ayer Molek

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kampung Ayer Molek weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°11416.311.94.3
Feb30° / 25°7612.711.94.2
Mar30° / 25°15022.3123.4
Apr30° / 26°20626.3122.9
May30° / 26°21726.212.13.1
Jun30° / 26°1812312.13.4
Jul29° / 25°18523.812.13.5
Aug29° / 25°19324.812.13.4
Sep29° / 25°18924.2123.4
Oct29° / 25°22125.9123.3
Nov29° / 25°27227.811.92.9
Dec29° / 25°21824.311.93.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kampung Ayer Molek gets around 217 mm of rain over 26.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.17:067:10
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kampung Ayer Molek

In seasonPeak

In May, Kampung Ayer Molek sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kampung Ayer Molek sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
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Mar
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May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Kampung Ayer Molek?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kampung Ayer Molek.

What to pack for Kampung Ayer Molek in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Kampung Ayer Molek sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kampung Ayer Molek in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Kampung Ayer Molek in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kampung Ayer Molek peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kampung Ayer Molek in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kampung Ayer Molek is worst in September — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorModerateSep 1941 µg/m³Jan 1428 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr38Poor
May30Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug36Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov30Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kampung Ayer Molek?

Kampung Ayer Molek sits at 2.2°N, 102.3°E, 26 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Kampung Bukit Baharu, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Kampung Ayer Molek

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kampung Ayer Molek.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kampung Ayer Molek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,223 m.

The land around Kampung Ayer Molek is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and water (27%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and water (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
1,223 m
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May weather nearby: Kampung Bukit Baharu 5.0 km · Kampung Ayer Keroh 8.0 km · Batu Berendam 10 km · Malacca 10 km · Kawasan Perindustrian Cheng 12 km · Durian Tunggal 12 km · Kampung Kerubong 12 km · Merlimau 13 km

Malaysia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,125
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
22.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 581
Religion
Muslim 64%Buddhist 19%Christian 9%Hindu 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kampung Ayer Molek (2.2139°, 102.3278°, elevation 26 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).